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- Title
Large-area ultrathin films of reduced graphene oxide as a transparent and flexible electronic material.
- Authors
Eda, Goki; Fanchini, Giovanni; Chhowalla, Manish
- Abstract
The integration of novel materials such as single-walled carbon nanotubes and nanowires into devices has been challenging, but developments in transfer printing and solution-based methods now allow these materials to be incorporated into large-area electronics. Similar efforts are now being devoted to making the integration of graphene into devices technologically feasible. Here, we report a solution-based method that allows uniform and controllable deposition of reduced graphene oxide thin films with thicknesses ranging from a single monolayer to several layers over large areas. The opto-electronic properties can thus be tuned over several orders of magnitude, making them potentially useful for flexible and transparent semiconductors or semi-metals. The thinnest films exhibit graphene-like ambipolar transistor characteristics, whereas thicker films behave as graphite-like semi-metals. Collectively, our deposition method could represent a route for translating the interesting fundamental properties of graphene into technologically viable devices.
- Subjects
CARBON nanotubes; NANOWIRES; NANOSTRUCTURED materials; NANOTUBES; SEMICONDUCTORS
- Publication
Nature Nanotechnology, 2008, Vol 3, Issue 5, p270
- ISSN
1748-3387
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nnano.2008.83